Discussion: Menendez Ekes Out A Victory In Must-Win New Jersey Senate Race

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No surprise there. I’m more interested in NJ-7 and NJ-11

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OT

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Paraphrasing the '91 Edwards vs. Duke race in Louisiana:

“Vote For The Guy Indicted On Federal Bribery And Corruption Charges; It’s Important!”

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The Newark Star-Ledger hasn’t called it yet. It has Hugin up 50-46.4 with 6% of the vote counted.
This may have been a hasty call.

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New Jersey hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972.

And even at that, the Republican (re)elected in 1972 was Clifford P. Case, a “Rockefeller [read: sane] Republican.”

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Donnelly lost in Indiana. So much for flipping the Senate. It was a longshot.

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